David Masciotra: America should embrace immigration

4:44 PM,
Jul. 17, 2013

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David Masciotra

Imagine if a Mexican couple planned a road trip to California to visit Disneyland, walk Hollywood Boulevard and lounge on American beaches. (About 6 million Mexicans, according to California officials, visit that state each year as tourists.)

In a Los Angeles bar, the couple initiate a conversation with a business owner sitting at a nearby table. The conversation stretches into the evening, as tavern talk often does, and the American entrepreneur determines that the husband has the personality, skills and intellect necessary to enhance the quality of work and profit margin of his ...